CVE-2026-22699
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CVE-2026-22699 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. RustCrypto: Elliptic Curves is general purpose Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) support, including types and traits for representing various elliptic curve forms, scalars, points, and public/secret keys composed thereof. In versions 0.14.0-pre.0 and 0.14.0-rc.0, a denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the SM2 PKE decryption path where an invalid elliptic-curve point (C1) is decoded and the resulting value is unwrapped without checking. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
RustCrypto: Elliptic Curves is general purpose Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) support, including types and traits for representing various elliptic curve forms, scalars, points, and public/secret keys composed thereof. In versions 0.14.0-pre.0 and 0.14.0-rc.0, a denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the SM2 PKE decryption path where an invalid elliptic-curve point (C1) is decoded and the resulting value is unwrapped without checking. Specifically, AffinePoint::from_encoded_point(&encoded_c1) may return a None/CtOption::None when the supplied coordinates are syntactically valid but do not lie on the SM2 curve. The calling code previously used .unwrap(), causing a panic when presented with such input. This issue has been patched via commit 085b7be.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rustcrypto | Sm2 Elliptic Curve | 0.14.0 | Pre0 |
References
- https://github.com/RustCrypto/elliptic-curves/pull/1602Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/RustCrypto/elliptic-curves/security/advisories/GHSA-78p6-6878-8mj6Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/RustCrypto/elliptic-curves/security/advisories/GHSA-78p6-6878-8mj6Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Analyzed
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